Final fixes

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FAQ.md
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## How do I incorporate BASH3 Boilerplate into my own project?
You can incorporate BASH3 Boilerplate into your project in one of two ways:
After [installing b3bp](http://bash3boilerplate.sh/#installation), you can incorporate it into your project in one of two ways:
1. Copy the desired portions of [main.sh](https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate/blob/master/main.sh) into your own script.
1. Download [main.sh](https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate/blob/master/main.sh) and start pressing the delete-key for unwanted things
2. Use [main.sh](https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate/blob/master/main.sh) as a template and start pressing the delete-key for unwanted things
Once the `main.sh` has been tailor-made for your project you could either append your own script in the same file, or source it:
1. Copy [main.sh](https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate/blob/master/main.sh) into the same directory as your script and then edit and embed it into your script using Bash's `source` include feature, e.g.
```bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
source main.sh
```
1. Source [main.sh](https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate/blob/master/main.sh) in your script or at the command line
2. Source [main.sh](https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate/blob/master/main.sh) in your script or at the command line
```bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
source main.sh
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## How do I add a command-line flag?
1. Copy the line the main.sh [read block](https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate/blob/master/main.sh#L53) that most resembles the desired behavior and paste the line into the same block.
1. Copy the line the `main.sh` [read block](https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate/blob/master/main.sh#L53) that most resembles the desired behavior and paste the line into the same block.
1. Edit the single-character (e.g., `-d`) and, if present, the multi-character (e.g., `--debug`) versions of the flag in the copied line.
1. Omit the `[arg]` text in the copied line, if the desired flag takes no arguments.
1. Omit or edit the text after `Default:` to set or not set default values, respectively.
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## How do I access the value of a command-line argument?
To find out the value of an argument, append the corresponding single-character flag to the text `$arg_`. For example, if the [read block]
contains the line
To find out the value of an argument, append the corresponding single-character flag to `$arg_`. For example, if the [read block] contains the line
```bash
-t --temp [arg] Location of tempfile. Default="/tmp/bar"
```
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then you can evaluate the corresponding argument and assign it to a variable as follows:
```bash
__temp_file_name="${arg_t}"
__temp_filename="${arg_t}"
```
## What is a magic variable?

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## Goals
Delete-Key-**Friendly**. In stead of introducing packages, includes, compilers, etc., we propose using [`main.sh`](http://bash3boilerplate.sh/main.sh) as a base and removing the parts you don't need.
Delete-Key-**Friendly**. In stead of introducing packages, compilers, etc., we propose using [`main.sh`](http://bash3boilerplate.sh/main.sh) as a base and removing the parts you don't need.
While this may feel a bit archaic at first, it is exactly the strength of Bash scripts that we should want to embrace.
**Portable**. We are targeting Bash 3 (OSX still ships
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git clone git@github.com:kvz/bash3boilerplate.git
```
### option 3: Require via npm0
### option 3: Require via npm
As of `v1.0.3`, b3bp can also be installed as a Node module, meaning you can define it as a dependency in `package.json` via: